SEC - "Deere & Company (Incoming Letter)"

Title: Deere & Company (Incoming Letter) Source: SEC Data/Action: No-Action Letters Date: 10/15/2021 Text Preview: ...Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") noted how disabling or removing emissions controls from vehicles harms air quality and presents a threat to public health.1 This is particularly concerning in light of a 2019 survey of 770 equipment dealers across the United States that found that 33 percent of dealers had observed unauthorized modifications of equipment brought into their dealership for service in the previous 24 months.2 Of those, 45 percent responded that the modifications they observed included those that removed, impaired, or disabled EPA-mandated... ...Defeat Devices and Tampering are Illegal and Undermine Vehicle Emissions Controls, EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, December 2020 2 Modifications...